In the Medieval and Early Modern World28-30 November 2013
The University of Western Australia, Perth
Confirmed plenary speakers:
* Professor Tim Fitzpatrick (The University of Sydney)
Call for abstracts
The convenors of the 19th Annual Conference of the Perth Medieval and
Renaissance Group, co-sponsored by the UWA Centre for Medieval and
Early Modern Studies, welcome abstracts (c.200 words) for 20-minute
papers exploring medieval and early modern cultures of technology,
textuality, and materiality, c.600 to 1800 CE. We welcome proposals
for papers (or panels of 3 papers) which consider:
* The social and cultural lives and afterlives of medieval and early
modern material objects
* Manuscripts, inscriptions, illustrations, letters, the printing
press and other medieval and early modern communication technologies
* The production, transmission, and mediation of medieval and early modern texts
* The application and/or impact of modern technologies to medieval and
early modern materials
Abstracts and panel proposals (along with titles and brief bios for
speakers) should be emailed to [email protected] addressed to the
convenors — Professor Andrew Lynch, Associate Professor Anne M. Scott, and Dr Brett D. Hirsch — by no later than 1 September 2013.
Further details
Further details about the conference programme, registration, and
postgraduate travel assistance will be made available on
http://conference.pmrg.org.au/